Storm vs sharks grand final this year for sure. Manly and roosters are the underdogs but the rest of the comp is far from these teams. It's funny how people talk about the competition being close when the reality is that the storm are light years away from every other team.
I don't know STID, a lot can happen between now and September.
I know I'm a diehard optimist and I almost dare not utter these words. I know I'm getting ahead of myself and expect to be mocked roundly, but anyway here goes.
I put my head on my pillow on Sunday night and for the first time since Round 2 I dreamt of #22 THIS year, Maybe I'm imagining this but I see a lot of similarities to 2014.
In 2014, we started slow. This year, apart from Round 2 we started stopped. We're coming from further back.
In 2014 we had great young inexperienced players who developed quickly. From memory I recall a couple of centres , a winger, and a second rower. This year we have a couple of second rowers a front rower and a winger that are rapidly developing. People that want to unload these cheap duds for higher paid players who are nearer their used by date and have nowhere near the potential of these young guns are idiots.
In 2014, at the back end of the season we injected an ageing champion to our backline. He tore it up and contributed to #21. This year, I'm hopeful if we keep ourselves in contention, we may have another ageing champion coming back (apparently he's running this week). This bloke is infinitely more talented than the bloke from 2014.
I know I'm deluded, but I reckon with a decent run with injuries and last weeks effort EVERY week, we're in with a shout...
Bring on #22